DNT investigation: Former patient says methadone treatment was 'just another …

DNT investigation: Former patient says methadone treatment was 'just another …

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He said methadone can be an effective treatment, but when its use isn't effectively monitored and the drug can be easily diverted and given without proper counseling, “you do get much more of the downsides of methadone.” At the Lake Superior Treatment …
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St. Louis County Seeking Input for New Methadone Clinic

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For years opiate addicts walked through the doors of the Lake Superior Treatment Center and hoped to leave someday clean. It's a problem that has plagued the northland. "I feel like we have an opium problem in this area, in Northeastern Minnesota, …
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Report: Methadone tradeoff comes at high price

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(AP) — Nearly 400 people in Minnesota have died in the past 12 years of overdoses involving methadone, which is used to treat opiate addiction, the Duluth News Tribune reported. Methadone has been used to break the cycle of … Methadone works by …
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